Wind-regulator for grain-separators.



R. R. HAGER.

WIND REGULATOR FoR GRAIN SEPARATORS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28. 1916.

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WIND REGULATOR FOR GRAIN SEPARATORS.

APPLICATION FILED 0150.28. I9I6. LBBQ,

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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ED, STATESrME Specification of Letters Patent.

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` Application med December 28,1916. serial Nb. 139,247.

To all whom it may concer/1t: l p. y.,

Be it knownthat l", RALPHR. HAGnmfa citizen of lthe United States, and a resident ofk Farmington, in theycorunty of Vhitman and State of. Washington, haveyinvented a new, `and Improved find-Regulator for Grain-Separatore; ofy Vwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 4, o

v The `prime objectief my invention: is to provide means] under the influenceiof al governor driven' from'ia movable parto-fy the separator and, acting .to automatically` regulate blinds `controlling the ,admission of air to the fan casing, whereby thev wind will be automatically regulated with the ,speed of the machine so thatL when the machine is fed heavily and speedis reduced as inva`ri ably. occuramhey blinds will open, thus giving the required amount of wind to handle and chaff on the sieves and wherebyy when the machine is fed lightlyand the speed accordingly increases, n n will close andreduce the volume of wind, whereby to'` prevent the grain from blowing-over?" asl/it is termed. 4 o

A more speciiic'fobject ofthe invention is tov provide for applying theY invention in simple formandwitl facility to separators without. reconstruction. of `the latter; and to provide' forfreadily adjusting the parts.

yThe ynature of the invention and the advantages of the" structural form `characterizing the` preferred embodiment of my invention will appear as kthe description proceeds.

Reference is to be had tothe accompany# ing drawings forming a part of this specilication in which similar` `reference characters kindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan viewof `parts of a separator showing my invention ap-k ,i

plied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the in vention applied to portions of the sep-arator, the blinds being shown open;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with parts broken away and others in section, the

i blinds being shown closed;

Fig. 4; is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail transverse vertical section on the line 5-5, Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detail in horizontal section on the line 6-6, Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section on the line 77, Fig. 1.

In the illustrated example of my inven` tion, the numeral 10 indicates frame yparts on a grain separator which may be of any approved construction; 11, the fan casing; 12, the fan; andl, the fanshaft, all of which parts asillustratedlare of known conl y struction. c p I o n lncarrying out yinvention a governor 14 of any approved form, 'hereshown as ball governor, is driven inany suitable manner from a rotarypartiofthe machine.4 As

seen best in Fign, the drive shaft 1'5of the governor has apulley l'lover` which a belt 17 d passes, the belt ybeing driven by ka pulley 18 on the fan shaft 13.` The governor may be supported on ythe machine in any suitable manner, as for,4 example, on a bracket 19 secured as at 2O on any convenient framemember' of the separator.

Arranged at the ends `of `the fan casing 11', I provide lower blindsI 21 and upper blinds 22, and provide meansI for automatically opening and 4closingfsaf d blinds by moving the respectiveblinds at Aeach end ofthe cas-y ing relatively to each other according 4to the speed of the governor, for ywhich purpose the lower blind's`21 are.` mounted on arms 23 runningflongitudinally of `the separator' at each side. The two side Varms 23 are .conf nected by a tie rod 24;"ha`ving threaded' ends passing through` the said arms, the threaded ends receiving `clamp nuts 25 Aat,f the inner and outer faces of` the arms 23, whereb'ylto prawentrhe,wind` acting`- on the blinds 21 from"clrawing the said arms toward each other. The arms 23 are -securedto a rock shaft 26`ito r'ocktherewith ,and there may be an'additional brace A2lia from the shaft 26 to one of Vthe arms 23),'V as' shown' best in Fig. 1.

The rock yshaft turns in bearings' (Fig. 4) on hangers 28 which are secured by bolts 29 to the frame 10 on each side, said bolts having nuts 30. The arms 23 may have counter-balance arms 31 thereon provided with adjustable weights 32.

The rock shaft 26 is operatively connected with the stem of the governor 14 for which purpose suitable operative connections may be provided between said rock shaft and stem. In the illustrated example, I provide for` the purpose a lever 33 having at one end a fork 34 which is receved between nuts or collars 35 on the lower end of the governor stem 36. Said lever 33 is fulcrumed on a hanger 37 suitably secured to the bracket 19 los c formed with ahead 5 and 7 having indicated in the ylatter figure t a fulcrum bolt 38.`"The lever 33 atthe op-v posite side of its fulcrum vfromthe` governor stem is connected by a hanger strap 39 with,

abent rocker arm 40 set screw 40a (Fig. l) to the rock shaft 26. To adjust the arm 40 and strap 39, said arm has a series of holes 4l to receive a pin or bolt 42. securing the same to said strap. v

By the describedl construction, as the speed of the fan'shaft 13 increases and the gov` ernor stem`36 is depressed, it will so act on the' lever 33 as to liftthe rocker arm 40 and thereby rock theshaft 26 and arms 23, thus giving a closing l movement to the' lower blinds'21. y g N Inorderyto simultaneously close the upper blindsv22 with the Closing of the lower blinds 21, I operatesaid upper blinds by the movements of the bars 23 for which pur` pose, said upper blinds are carried on lever arms 43 fulcrumed as at 44 to any convenientpart of the separator, said lever arms being connected with the arms 23 by strap links45 secured as at 46 to said arms 23. Thus, as the arms 23 `are rocked upwardly togive 'a closingmovement to the lower blinds l2l, the lever arms 43 will be rocked to give aclosing movement to thev upper blinds22. Thus, the lwind will be reduced v proportionatelyfo the increase of speed of the fan. `Uponthe machine slowing' down as'by heavy feeding of material, the governor stem will beraised and will lift the lever 33, thereby opening the blinds which will result in anincrease of wind to take care of the increased'volume of straw and chaff.

To providefor adjustin the blinds on their respective arms, in or er to insure the propenmovements of the blindsrelatively to the axis of the fan shaft, I provide means best shown in `Fig which it will be seen comprises a pin 47 threaded at its outer end toy receive a wing nut 48 or the like and 49 at the inner end,`said angular'elements 50 ar rigidly securedy by` aw connection between the rockeri head being received in a vertical slot, prduced on each blind by means of separated ranged in pairs on the blinds'and rigid therewith. Sleeves 5l are disposed between each arm (23, 43) and the vfaces of the elements 50. Thus the blinds may beadjusted vertically on their arms and securely held infadjusted position.

The arrangement provides for adjusting the blind members while maintaining their proper angular' relation and without disturbing the permanent adjustment of the blind carrying arms or their Y`actuating means, since the coacting blind members in being adj-usted to and from each other may at the saine-time be turned about the axes of thepins47. 'Y f I wish to state inconclusion that although the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of 'my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from thespirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim. v

Having thus described my invention I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent: i

A wind regulator for separators includingl arms each carrying at one endthereof a blindmember of each pair, means torockably mount the said arms betweenjthe'ends thereof on a separator for positioning said blind members at the ends of a fan case, and swing the said membersy bodily through an angle to close or open fthe said case, arms each carrying another blind member of each pair and operatively connected with the first arms to move the latter,- flanged elements on each blind member and spaced to form an undercut guide slot, la bolt extending through eacharm having a head disposed'in said slot to be moved therein to vary the point of connection of the blind member and arm, and a nut on each bolt.4

RALPH R. HAGER.

i Washington, D. C. 

